Woodinville Little League

Board Meeting

October 03, 2006

 

Meeting called to order at 6:34pm

 

Attendance at start of meeting


Jack Winter

Rob Root

Liz Root

Susan Zoba

Brian Marantz

Don McNamara

Wendy McNamara

Sally McKissick

Catherine Carroll

Stepheney Bailey

Linda Wyrick

Kathi Huck

Chris Fedor

Don Gracia

Julie Byram

Rob Schwend

Scott Brueske

Barbara Ching


 

Minutes approved from previous Board Meeting of September 14, 2006

 

Minutes and Board of Directors info will be posted on the web

 

Treasurers report

Report by Don Gracia

  • Few expenditures or income change
  • Still need to change the signatures at Bank of America
  • Beginning Balance $29,892.48
  • Ending Balance $31,823.70

 

2006-2007 Budget

From President Sponsorships email indicated that they expect approximately same income in 2006-2007 as prior year.

Projects – needed and potential:

  • Item for 2007-2008 season is Breakaway bases – Rob Root will investigate and report back.
  • Finish completing dugouts at Bear Creek Elementary.
  • Portable mounds, including storage
  • Backstop padding at Cottage Lake
  • Umpiring equipment
  • Pitch counters
  • First Aid supplies stock.
  • Jamboree expenses and income – Fundraising, such as the dunk tank, ‘run the bases’, concessions, raffles
  • Softball & Jr/Sr budget will depend on if programs are shared with Woodinville West.
  • NAF Complex items not included. These are the responsibility of the NAF. However, we still will have a significant payment to the NAF for field usage.

Email information to Don Gracia for compilation for November report, and discussions/vote at the November meeting.

 

Registration

  • Regular – November 1 – 30
  • Late Registration – December 1-15:  Late Fee of $15.
  • Very Late Registration – December 16 – December 31. Late Fee of $15, but no team placement guarantee.
  • Late registration fee increase this year.
  • Regular registration fees need to be discussed further, be prepared for email meeting if fee change is needed.
  • Several emails to be sent out during November using the league-wide CMI registration list from last season.
  • Flyers to be delivered to schools and at batting cages and other venues.
  • Recommend turning on “Donation section” in CMI registration, and explain what the purpose of the donations are for.
  • WLBB web site and CMI to be updated for registration.

 

Level of Play

Softball & Jr/Sr:

  • Discussing if program to be run by Woodinville Little League or Woodinville West Little League.
  • VP Softball & VP Jr/Sr will each lead volunteers to communicate with Woodinville West and to evaluate options for report at next meeting.
  • Registration will begin 11/1 with other program decisions to be made before play begins.

Majors/Minors

  • Review of last meetings minutes
  • Discussion of reducing the number of teams this season to 6 from 7.
  • Still need to figure out what would happen to Majors returning players who don’t have a team to go back to as a result of a team reduction. Options include putting players in draft pool.
  • Coaches Coordinator to email Minors & Majors coaches to request survery of returning players, WITH NO REFERENCE TO MINORS OR MAJORS PLACEMENT.
  • Preliminary decisions to be made at future meeting with final decision dependent on registrations.

 

NAF/D8

  • NAF meeting scheduled 10/14/2006
  • D8 presidents meeting scheduled 10/16/2006.

 

Miscellaneous Items

  • Need to get calendar items to Jack including (Picture Day, coaching/umpire/scorekeeper clinics, tryout dates, registration, start of practice/games, etc.)

 

Meeting Adjourned at 8:06pm